I sow gold.

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Identify those who were "present from beginning to end"
Read novels that are "always more complex than you think"
Know it, carry it
Dream impossible dreams, fight unwinnable battles, endure unbearable sorrows
This is "what only novels can do"
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"I must articulate the plight of people in my era"—this is the belief that all good, persistent novelists have practiced for nearly a lifetime. It is also Donnuo's insistence on picking the best experiences and insights, the broadest and most patient care from the river of time, to lead us back for another deep look before oblivion sets in.
"I Sow Gold" is the complete reading of Donnuo, "the world's foremost reader," over the past three years, and also a new writing phase he unexpectedly entered. "I had to learn to use various forms to disassemble myself to have a chance to touch those things I had never been able to write about or grasp before," and "the last six months or so of writing this book was indeed a rare writing enjoyment for me over many years."
This time, we will read Greene, Le Carré, Faulkner, Melville, Turgenev, Cervantes, Herzen, Salinger, Wilde, Mishima Yukio, Hayashi Fumiko, Chateaubriand, Van Loon, and the Bible.
We still believe that the flicker of uncertain freedom in the world of novels leads us down a more accurate and fruitful path, piecing ourselves back together bit by bit.
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Unlike before, this time, I want to write a book with only the power of one finger.
By "a book with only the power of one finger," I mean—
In these days of declining readership, what increasingly attracts me are those who are still intermittently reading books.
I know that my dwindling abilities and time should be concentrated on these kindred spirits.
The Japanese Kanji "背中押" (senaka-oshi) means to give someone a push from behind. Nowadays, sustained reading is not so easy, because there are always too many things happening in life. However, these "too many things" are not necessarily essential, and I attest with my nearly complete life experience that many things we currently consider as urgent as death are actually not urgent at all, or can even be ignored.
The good intention of reading is fleeting. At this moment, I always think, if someone just happens to give them a slight push from behind, gently, with just one finger, perhaps at that moment, they will truly sit down.

2025-08-01

云南人民出版社

Ideal Country

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